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CABINET. (Application filed. Dec. 10, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC YUBIE \V. ROGERS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,530, dated May 1, 1900.

Application filed December 10, 1898. Serial No. 698,902. (No model.)

To ctZl whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, YUBIE W. .rtoenus, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cabinets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in cabinets; and itconsists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my complete invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section taken on the line 00 0c of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the side arms, and Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the movable or hinged receptacle.

The object of my invention is to construct a cabinet in the form of a miniature folding bed, the outer surfaces of which may be of any suitable ornamentation or design and the folding or movable portion suitably constructed for the reception of articles of food and liquids or for any other useful or ornamental articles.

Briefly stated, the invention as shown consists of a stationary casing; a movable or hinged receptacle located within said stationary casing; tanks or reservoirs located on either side of said hinged receptacle, leaving a suitable space between the two which may be utilized for cake or other article of food and the said reservoirs adapted to contain wine, liquor, or other liquid or beverage; pipes located within said reservoirs and secured to the bottom of the same, the upper open ends of which are located adjacent to one of the end walls of same and having'their lower or discharge ends passing through the bottom of the reservoirs and through the front wall of the receptacle and projecting a suitable distance therefrom; arms hinged to the upper end of the front wall of the receptacle, the lower free ends of which are adapted to cooperate with or close the lower discharge ends of the pipes; springs for holding said arms in their normal position or their lower free ends against the discharge ends of the pipes; arms projecting from the front wall of the receptacle and arranged in pairs on either side of the discharge ends of the pipes; a swinging tumbler-holder carried by each pair of arms, and in other details to be hereinafter more specifically set forth.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a stationary or fixed casing, and 2 a hinged receptacle which is normally located within and between the opposite side walls 3 of the easing, the two being movably secured together by spindles 4, projecting from the opposite sides of the receptacle and received by openings formed in said opposite side walls of the casing, whereby the said receptacle may be turned in a reverse position within the casing to that shown in the drawings.

Vithin the receptacle 2 are arranged two tanks or reservoirs 5, which are located adjacent to the side walls of the same and extend the full length of the receptacle, whereby a suitable space is left between said reservoirs along the medial longitudinal portion of the receptacle for the reception of any suitable article of food.

As shown in the drawings, the receptacles or reservoirs 5 are filled with liquid or any suitable beverage, the same being inserted which are closed by screw-caps 7. Located within the reservoirs 5 and secured to the bot tom of the same and the front wall of the re ceptacle 2 are two pipes S, the upper ends of which are located adjacent to the upper ends of the reservoirs and having their lower discharge ends passing through the front wall of the receptacle and projecting a suitable distance therefrom, through which pipes the liquid contained in the said reservoirs is adapted to pass when the receptacle is turned in a horizontal position or reversed to that shown in Fig. 2.

Hinged to the opposite ends of the fixed bracket 9, forming the upper extension of the front wall of the receptacle, are the upper ends of the arms 10, the lower free ends of which normally close the discharge ends of the pipes 8, whereby the liquid contained in the reservoirs is prevented from passing out of the same only when it is desired to draw a certain quantity. In order to hold the arms 10 in their normal position or their free lower ends against the projecting discharge ends of the pipes 8, coil-springs 11 are employed, one of the ends of which are secured to any stationary part and having their opposite free ends bearing against or in contact with the arms 10. In order to manipulate the arms, extensions 12 are provided, which form an integral part of the same, which are adapted to be grasped by the hand of the operator by forcing the same in the direction as shown by the arrow in Fig. 2.

Secured to the front wall of the receptacle 2 and projecting therefrom on either side of the discharge ends of the pipes 8 are arms 13, and hinged to the same or to each pair of arms isa swinging holder 14, which is adapted to hold a tumbler or other receptacle for receiving-the wine or other liquid that may pass from the pipes 8 when the reservoirs are in a horizontal position. 7

By the construction of the holders and their connection to the front wall of the receptacle as described the said tumblers or receptacles will be automatically turnedin position under the discharge ends of the pipes 8 when the receptacle is turned in'a horizontal position for drawing the liquid therefrom.

The front wall of the receptacle is provided with a space 15, which may be utilized for a photograph, picture, or mirror, and the inner surface of the back wall 16 of the casing 1 may also be provided with a mirror or otherwise ornamentally designed. i

The cabinet herein shown and described may be used for various purposes, and consequently I do not limit myself to its particular application herein described. For instance, it may be used as a jewelry-box,wallpocket, photographic album,-handkerchiefbox, or any other purpose to which the same is applicable. Furthermore, the outer casing 1 may be secured within the wall of a room or other place, and thereby form a fixed piece or article of furniture; I

Having fully described my invention,what I claim is- A cabinet, comprising an outer stationary casing, a folding-receptacle hinged to, and located within the same, reservoirs carried by said receptacles, pipes located within the reservoirs, the upper ends of which terminate adjacentto the upper ends of the same, and havingtheir lower discharge ends passing through the front wall of the receptacle, and projecting a suitable distance therefrom, arms having their upper ends hinged to the upper front wall of the receptacle with their lower free ends normally closing the discharge ends of the pipes, springs for holding said arms in their normal positions, and a tumbler-holder hinged to the front wall of the receptacle and adapted to swing automatically in a position to bring the tumbler carried thereby under the discharge ends of the-pipes when the receptacle is turned in a horizontal position, as and for the purpose described.

In testimony, whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

YUBIE WV. ROGERS.

\Vitnesses:

ALFRED A. MATHEY, C. F. KELLER. 

